Macca: from tunes to toons

Sir Paul McCartney says making a feature-length cartoon based on his own characters has been a passion since the sixties

He achieved success with his Rupert the Bear video for the Frog Song, now Sir Paul McCartney wants to go one better.

The former Beatle hopes to realise a long-term ambition and make a feature-length cartoon based on his own characters.

Sir Paul, 61, has just released a DVD of three short musical animated films, called Paul McCartney: The Music And Animation Collection, made with director Geoff Dunbar. 'My ambition in the Sixties was to make a feature.

It is a passion,' he said. 'I remember saying to the guys in the Beatles: "I'd love to do it some day," and them saying to me: "Then do it."' Sir Paul has had animated success before.

He made a Rupert the Bear cartoon to accompany his Frog Chorus song in 1985 and featured in the Beatles' surreal Yellow Submarine film.